Scheile died on September 24, 2005 of injuries sustained in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 23, 2005 when he was attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire and an improvised explosive device detonated near his M113 armored personnel carrier.

He was assigned to the Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 184th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, Oakdale, California.

Army Staff Sgt. Jens E. Schelbert, 31, of New Orleans, Louisiana

Schelbert died in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, on October 1, 2005 when his forward operating base was attacked by enemy forces using indirect fire.